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1'1 SPECI FICATIONS ROAD TESTED: 23rd Street LIST PRICE: 23rd street TOP SPEED . .25 mph RPM (Rests per minute) 3 OVERALL LENGTH 5/8 mile GROUND CLEARANCE Nil TEST WAIT 12 minutes LU8RICATION . Crankcase drip SUSPENSION " . No PRIMARY DRIVE ". Uphill FINAL DRIVE Downhill ENGINE SIZE Are you kidding? BRAKE . . . . . . Several places TIRE SIZE . . . . . .. Yes FUEL CAPACITY(riderl .2 beers LIGHTING . . . " " . Street TEST CONDITIONS . . . Stoned A PSYCHO NUDES FIRST-- !!Y The Psycho Nudes Staff How can you really believe a 'road test in one of the magazines when the fact is that they are not testing a road at all, but rather a motorcycle? Psycho Nudes, in the interest of journalistic integrity, sets out to right that wrong with the first honest, authentic.... ROAD TEST m ,... m < l> -i 0 z 50 Muddy goggles cause optical confusion. of 23rd Street to Shell Hill . ~ i", 60 70 Spare parts are easily obtained along the way. We picked up the test road at Gherry Avenue in Signal Hill. Winding up the curves at maximum speed (25 mph) we could appreciate this model's chief attraction: its 20-degree off camber hairpin turn. Grateful for the opportunity to examine the road surface at close range, we ad mi red the tastefll1 white and yellow "racing stripe" that sets off the rough·textured black aspt:!.alt, a method of construction 80 23rdSTREET Performance curve . pioneered by Mack Adam and used extensively in the early British Macadam roads. The strawberry factor was very high, indicating a rash" approach to traction and adhesion characteristics. Gathering ourselves up, we decided to check out the peak performance of this road, so we set out for the top of the hill. The Test Road achieves a rakish, racy appearance by the elimination, in the design stage, of curbs and manhole covers. The three sewage inlets seem randomly placed and their unchromed appearance detracts from an otherwise clean, uncluttered design. Steel rails line the most treacherous curves in a small concession to safety, but the lighting at night was scanty and poor. The manufacturers did not set out to make a road for the boy and girl who ride to see the lights of the city at night, but rather a daytime utility model giving access to the oil wells of Signal Hill and a rare view of the Queen Mary and an even rarer vision of Catalina to the west. One of the optional accessories that comes with this road is the Starlite Room, which gives positive lubrication without mixing gin and vermouth. After thorough testing this road, we doff our helmets to the designers and road gangs of the Signal Hill Street Dept. They have produced a road that, while utilitarian for transportation purposes, is a lot of fun to ride. 12 I J o o u. -' tt: l>. « ~ w Z w o >-' o